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This video posted by Gayton McKenzie, the Sports Minister of South Africa, is important for us as Africans, although the lesson I take from it is different from the one he intended. But thanks to him for sharing it, because it touches on something fundamental that many of our leaders still do not understand. I have said for decades in Zimbabwe that it was political foolishness not to make Ndebele and Shona compulsory in all schools. Not because one group must be elevated over another, but because language expands the mind. My mother taught me two things about language when I was growing up; the more languages you speak, the more your mind opens, and language is business. This is why the Chinese learn Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, and other African languages. They do not feel “undermined” by it. They know exactly what they are doing. They are opening markets and embedding themselves where opportunities lie. It is called strategic intelligence. 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🦊: for those who don’t know, i can speak 3 languages. there’s thai, english, and the third one is japanese. 🦊: i can only speak a little japanese. really just a little bit. 🦊: (starts speaking japanese) 🦊: just a little. i only speak a little because i learned it when i was in matthayom with my friend. 🦊: i wanted to go to japan, so i wanted to learn a little bit of the language. 🦊: so that i could communicate.

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World Tomlinson

21,471 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten

This is Kenyan President William Ruto boasting that Kenyans speak better English than Nigerians 🤣🤣🤣 He is confusing accent with diction. When African presidents boast that their citizens speak “better English” than others, they are not demonstrating a strong education system, as Ruto claims, they are showcasing a deep inferiority complex rooted in colonial conditioning. English is a colonial language, not a measure of intelligence, capability, or national progress. You can be fully fluent in a language and still have an accent that is difficult for some listeners to understand, as Nigerians do. Fluency means you have a strong command of vocabulary, grammar, and the ability to express ideas. Accent, on the other hand, relates to pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation, which are shaped by your first language and speech environment, which is what Ruto is confusing with good English. Has he ever had someone from Scotland, Liverpool, or Birmingham speak? Accents are a natural linguistic outcome, not a measure of education. They emerge from the influence of a person’s first language, the sounds and speech patterns they grow up with, and the environment in which they learn and use another language. Every language has its own phonetic structure, and when people speak a second language like English, those underlying patterns shape pronunciation, rhythm, and tone. That is why accents vary across regions and countries. They reflect history, identity, and exposure, not intellectual or educational superiority. I know that there is some kind of tension between Nigeria and Kenya, but such misleading statements undermine the confidence of young people. When they hear a president speak like that about how they speak, it erodes their self-belief, and that is not a good thing to come from a president.
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This is Kenyan President William Ruto boasting that Kenyans speak better English than Nigerians 🤣🤣🤣 He is confusing accent with diction. When African presidents boast that their citizens speak “better English” than others, they are not demonstrating a strong education system, as Ruto claims, they are showcasing a deep inferiority complex rooted in colonial conditioning. English is a colonial language, not a measure of intelligence, capability, or national progress. You can be fully fluent in a language and still have an accent that is difficult for some listeners to understand, as Nigerians do. Fluency means you have a strong command of vocabulary, grammar, and the ability to express ideas. Accent, on the other hand, relates to pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation, which are shaped by your first language and speech environment, which is what Ruto is confusing with good English. Has he ever had someone from Scotland, Liverpool, or Birmingham speak? Accents are a natural linguistic outcome, not a measure of education. They emerge from the influence of a person’s first language, the sounds and speech patterns they grow up with, and the environment in which they learn and use another language. Every language has its own phonetic structure, and when people speak a second language like English, those underlying patterns shape pronunciation, rhythm, and tone. That is why accents vary across regions and countries. They reflect history, identity, and exposure, not intellectual or educational superiority. I know that there is some kind of tension between Nigeria and Kenya, but such misleading statements undermine the confidence of young people. When they hear a president speak like that about how they speak, it erodes their self-belief, and that is not a good thing to come from a president.

Hopewell Chin’ono

141,863 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten

“My immigrant parents don’t speak English, and they're currently in the hospital right now in LA” The doctors had to call her to translate because the hospital didn’t have a translator working She’s upset because the doctor asked her to teach them some English so that when an emergency happens they can at least communicate with the hospital “I just thought that for hospitals to not have translators and then to blame the patient for not knowing the language, I think it's just. I don't know, I didn't really like it. I don't mind translating, but I think that hospitals and other places should just do better, especially in LA because it's so diverse. But let me know what you guys think.“ Imagine coming to a country and not speaking the language and then blaming the doctors for not speaking your foreign language….
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“My immigrant parents don’t speak English, and they're currently in the hospital right now in LA” The doctors had to call her to translate because the hospital didn’t have a translator working She’s upset because the doctor asked her to teach them some English so that when an emergency happens they can at least communicate with the hospital “I just thought that for hospitals to not have translators and then to blame the patient for not knowing the language, I think it's just. I don't know, I didn't really like it. I don't mind translating, but I think that hospitals and other places should just do better, especially in LA because it's so diverse. But let me know what you guys think.“ Imagine coming to a country and not speaking the language and then blaming the doctors for not speaking your foreign language….

Wall Street Apes

5,744,334 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

..." we always wanted to make people happy and a lot of times because of that people take advantage of you, and i think after 30 realized i just need to speak up when i'm uncomfortable, i'm sick of it, tired of it, no is no, life is great but sometimes you really have to be a dick"
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..." we always wanted to make people happy and a lot of times because of that people take advantage of you, and i think after 30 realized i just need to speak up when i'm uncomfortable, i'm sick of it, tired of it, no is no, life is great but sometimes you really have to be a dick"

nini ࣪ ִֶָ☾.

26,176 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten

The way you speak to your child is the way they will learn to speak to others. And to themself. It’s not by accident that this little one, shared to IG by alysenovo, is brimming with confidence in her ability to take on a challenge. Listen to her self talk: “I did it!” “Good job!” “Awesome.” This isn’t language she’s concocted on her own. It’s the kind of language modeled by her parents as part of a key life lesson: You are capable. That doesn’t mean unending - or empty - praise. But it does mean that when you demonstrate your own belief in your child’s abilities, they’re likely to internalize it. “You can do it” becomes “I can do it.” Choose your words with the knowledge that your voice will echo as your child’s own.
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The way you speak to your child is the way they will learn to speak to others. And to themself. It’s not by accident that this little one, shared to IG by alysenovo, is brimming with confidence in her ability to take on a challenge. Listen to her self talk: “I did it!” “Good job!” “Awesome.” This isn’t language she’s concocted on her own. It’s the kind of language modeled by her parents as part of a key life lesson: You are capable. That doesn’t mean unending - or empty - praise. But it does mean that when you demonstrate your own belief in your child’s abilities, they’re likely to internalize it. “You can do it” becomes “I can do it.” Choose your words with the knowledge that your voice will echo as your child’s own.

Dan Wuori

33,269 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

So Japanese YouTuber who goes by Sora the Troll has made a video where he is pretty directly talking about my commentary against Chris Broad and Trash Taste because I was the first person to expose them for not actually being able to speak Japanese. Let me be clear, my main commentary was not about them failing to have perfect Japanese after 7 to 14 years. No foreigner is going to have perfect Japanese. My biggest issue was them VASTLY misrepresenting their skill level at Japanese through things like lies by omission to be seen as a position of authority on Japan which grants them an unearned reputation that results in higher view counts and more social connections. I pointed this out because it is actually a huge problem in the language community where it seems like… MOST content creators who claim to have proficiency in a language are vastly overstating it and because their viewers can't tell, they often claim to be fluent despite being very low level. By the way, content creators who pretend to know languages often make SHITLOADS of money from people who think they are fluent. It’s super obvious that Chris and Connor do not speak Japanese anywhere near fluency because they always look super uncomfortable when speaking, they take lots of pauses, and they frequently try to switch to English. These things are incredibly obvious to people who speak the language but are not apparent at all to 99.9% of their fans who all told me that they were fluent or experts at the language until I brought the receipts to show that they weren’t. In the case of this friend group though, this is further amplified by their ass kissing friends like Dogen who pretend that Chris’s Japanese is near the level of a native and that Joey is some sort of God of Japanese because he passed the JLPT N1 test. Calm down. JLPT N1 is like high school level proficiency. Not to say that Joey hasn’t put a lot of work in but passing JLPT N1 does not necessarily mean he is better at Japanese than Japanese people. My second big issue has less to do with Japan (because these people do not speak Japanese) and more to do with the west because by their actions they are promoting the idea that it is OK to go to someone else’s country and not assimilate. While at the same time, they promote Marxism and multiculturalist ideas to westerners. I made those videos because them doing this absolutely affects my country and my culture despite them living somewhere else. That is why my video on Trash Taste contained a roughly 20 minute preface that was about America and then had references about America throughout the trash taste section. Also, Idk why you made a video defending Connor. Connor literally supports a terrorist named Hasan Piker who scammed the US system to get citizenship here. Understand that I hate Connor and I started the whole campaign against trash taste because he has, multiple times, covered up for a terrorist who wants to destroy my country and turn it into a Marxist hell hole. Connor is not a good person. He is literally the poster child for creators saying “But I donate to charity” to make up for the fucked up things they do. There is a reason I don’t like Trash Taste. They literally brought Mao on to their podcast… twice and were like “Actually Mao wasn’t that bad of a guy.” Yes, they do their podcast in Japan but their target is Westerners. Therefore my culture is the one that they are actually affecting. Sora if you are reading my tweets that reference scenes from Inglorious Basterds then I am sure you watched my first video on Chris where I also exposed how completely not transparent he is about most of his videos being a commercial and how many of them are actual violations of American and European trade laws. These are the issues I actually care about. Him doing these things from Japan was just a coincidence so if Japanese people are impressed by him saying 「これはペンです」then that’s kind of beside the point because my videos were about America and foreigners here refusing to assimilate. Japan was just the example I used because I have studied Japanese which is how I know how ridiculous it is for Mexicans to come to America and speak zero English after 20 years. It only takes 1 hour a day of practice for a Spanish speaker to become fluent in English after 2 years. As for the Japanese perspective, let me just say that Japan is very new to foreign immigration/tourism and I have heard that the ones who can speak English tend to be quite liberal and probably do not face the struggle of having to speak to lots of new people in a language they don’t know. Because they can just speak English to the English speakers. So they may not fully understand what the average Japanese people are experiencing in areas that now have high amounts of foreigners. But what I can say is that I have gotten numerous sighs of relief when I have spoken to Japanese people in their language particularly after people saying 「日本語が大丈夫ですか？」I had a girl say that to ask me if I wanted to check my bag at the airport and I literally watched years of pain and suffering get wiped away from her face when I said 「大丈夫」。Not to claim I have elite level Japanese like Chris would. In fact I think my Japanese is still quite basic compared to where I would like to be. However I think, based on my experience, that Sora, as an English speaker, is not seeing how often the shape of Japanese people’s faces change when I say a complete sentence in their language. I think people’s skill level does matter them. They just haven’t interacted with foreigners enough to be frustrated at how few of them even just put a couple hours a week of practice so they can actually communicate. Connor said he was only putting in like 1 hour a week and you can tell. If he put in 1 hour a day which should be easy because he doesn’t have kids and is self employed and he’s rich, then he wouldn’t be perfect but he would be well into fluency by now after 7 years. Last, I will say also it’s funny that Sora essentially is agreeing that their Japanese is ass. Thanks Sora. W on my part. Fuck Trash Taste.
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So Japanese YouTuber who goes by Sora the Troll has made a video where he is pretty directly talking about my commentary against Chris Broad and Trash Taste because I was the first person to expose them for not actually being able to speak Japanese. Let me be clear, my main commentary was not about them failing to have perfect Japanese after 7 to 14 years. No foreigner is going to have perfect Japanese. My biggest issue was them VASTLY misrepresenting their skill level at Japanese through things like lies by omission to be seen as a position of authority on Japan which grants them an unearned reputation that results in higher view counts and more social connections. I pointed this out because it is actually a huge problem in the language community where it seems like… MOST content creators who claim to have proficiency in a language are vastly overstating it and because their viewers can't tell, they often claim to be fluent despite being very low level. By the way, content creators who pretend to know languages often make SHITLOADS of money from people who think they are fluent. It’s super obvious that Chris and Connor do not speak Japanese anywhere near fluency because they always look super uncomfortable when speaking, they take lots of pauses, and they frequently try to switch to English. These things are incredibly obvious to people who speak the language but are not apparent at all to 99.9% of their fans who all told me that they were fluent or experts at the language until I brought the receipts to show that they weren’t. In the case of this friend group though, this is further amplified by their ass kissing friends like Dogen who pretend that Chris’s Japanese is near the level of a native and that Joey is some sort of God of Japanese because he passed the JLPT N1 test. Calm down. JLPT N1 is like high school level proficiency. Not to say that Joey hasn’t put a lot of work in but passing JLPT N1 does not necessarily mean he is better at Japanese than Japanese people. My second big issue has less to do with Japan (because these people do not speak Japanese) and more to do with the west because by their actions they are promoting the idea that it is OK to go to someone else’s country and not assimilate. While at the same time, they promote Marxism and multiculturalist ideas to westerners. I made those videos because them doing this absolutely affects my country and my culture despite them living somewhere else. That is why my video on Trash Taste contained a roughly 20 minute preface that was about America and then had references about America throughout the trash taste section. Also, Idk why you made a video defending Connor. Connor literally supports a terrorist named Hasan Piker who scammed the US system to get citizenship here. Understand that I hate Connor and I started the whole campaign against trash taste because he has, multiple times, covered up for a terrorist who wants to destroy my country and turn it into a Marxist hell hole. Connor is not a good person. He is literally the poster child for creators saying “But I donate to charity” to make up for the fucked up things they do. There is a reason I don’t like Trash Taste. They literally brought Mao on to their podcast… twice and were like “Actually Mao wasn’t that bad of a guy.” Yes, they do their podcast in Japan but their target is Westerners. Therefore my culture is the one that they are actually affecting. Sora if you are reading my tweets that reference scenes from Inglorious Basterds then I am sure you watched my first video on Chris where I also exposed how completely not transparent he is about most of his videos being a commercial and how many of them are actual violations of American and European trade laws. These are the issues I actually care about. Him doing these things from Japan was just a coincidence so if Japanese people are impressed by him saying 「これはペンです」then that’s kind of beside the point because my videos were about America and foreigners here refusing to assimilate. Japan was just the example I used because I have studied Japanese which is how I know how ridiculous it is for Mexicans to come to America and speak zero English after 20 years. It only takes 1 hour a day of practice for a Spanish speaker to become fluent in English after 2 years. As for the Japanese perspective, let me just say that Japan is very new to foreign immigration/tourism and I have heard that the ones who can speak English tend to be quite liberal and probably do not face the struggle of having to speak to lots of new people in a language they don’t know. Because they can just speak English to the English speakers. So they may not fully understand what the average Japanese people are experiencing in areas that now have high amounts of foreigners. But what I can say is that I have gotten numerous sighs of relief when I have spoken to Japanese people in their language particularly after people saying 「日本語が大丈夫ですか？」I had a girl say that to ask me if I wanted to check my bag at the airport and I literally watched years of pain and suffering get wiped away from her face when I said 「大丈夫」。Not to claim I have elite level Japanese like Chris would. In fact I think my Japanese is still quite basic compared to where I would like to be. However I think, based on my experience, that Sora, as an English speaker, is not seeing how often the shape of Japanese people’s faces change when I say a complete sentence in their language. I think people’s skill level does matter them. They just haven’t interacted with foreigners enough to be frustrated at how few of them even just put a couple hours a week of practice so they can actually communicate. Connor said he was only putting in like 1 hour a week and you can tell. If he put in 1 hour a day which should be easy because he doesn’t have kids and is self employed and he’s rich, then he wouldn’t be perfect but he would be well into fluency by now after 7 years. Last, I will say also it’s funny that Sora essentially is agreeing that their Japanese is ass. Thanks Sora. W on my part. Fuck Trash Taste.

Think Before You Sleep

464,401 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat